The Severn Valley Railway held their Autumn Diesel Bash from 3rd October – 6th October 2024 when a collection of heritage diesel locomotives were in service operating a busy timetable. I was fortunate to attend on the Friday, when Class 58 No. 58023 worked its first passenger turns in over 25 years, indeed, this was… Continue reading October 2024 Round-Up
ScotRail Inter7City HST’s
On September 3rd 2024, it was announced that ScotRail’s Inter7City High Speed Train fleet used on routes between Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness, is to be replaced with formal procurement due to start within weeks. ScotRail operates 52 Class 43 power cars with 22 sets of Mark 3 coaches modified with sliding doors. Two, No.’s… Continue reading ScotRail Inter7City HST’s
GBRf Gala – Sept 2024
A special gala weekend of activities, based around Peterborough and the Nene Valley Railway organised by “Modern Railways” magazine with support from their sister publication “Hornby Magazine”, took place over the weekend of September 7th/8th 2024. The event was supported by GB Railfreight who provided a range of visiting locomotives hauling trains at the Nene… Continue reading GBRf Gala – Sept 2024
More August Shenanigans
North Dorset Railway On Bank Holiday Monday, the North Dorset Railway operated behind the scenes guided tours at Shillingstone allowing visitors to get a close up view of the projects currently being worked on by railway volunteers. This included the signal box and Project 62 which is working towards the restoration of Yugoslavian built Class… Continue reading More August Shenanigans
Peak Performance
Backtracking…. On Saturday 27th July 2024 I had the mad notion of leaving home in the early hours in order to arrive at Bristol Temple Meads in time to see Locomotive Services Limited’s (LSL) newly restored Sulzer Type 4 Class 45 diesel locomotive No. 45118 ‘The Royal Artilleryman’ passing through the station with the empty coaching… Continue reading Peak Performance
July 2024 Catch Up
Time flies and here we are. At the time of writing it is the beginning of August 2024 still playing catch up. So with little ceremony or narrative, what follows is a run through of notable railway comings and goings into Dorset territory during July 2024. Monday 1st July – 73962 ‘Dick Mabbutt’ & 73965… Continue reading July 2024 Catch Up
Strictly Bulleid II
June 2024 Welcome to another blog entry in the world of “The Railway Dog”. In an effort to get up to date, we’re looking at our local highlights from June 2024 when the big event was the Swanage Railway’s “Strictly Bulleid II” event which saw the gathering of eight of Oliver Bulleid’s Pacific locomotive designs… Continue reading Strictly Bulleid II
Severn Valley
May 17th to May 31st 2024 Hello there, we’re slowly going to attempt to catch up with mine and Yoshi’s adventures over the last couple of months. So join us in the first instalment which brings up to the end of May 2024, the month which saw the Spring Diesel Gala taking place on the… Continue reading Severn Valley
Mostly Swanage
April 25th to May 16th 2024 It’s been a while… where did we get to last time? Ah yes, Class 52 “Western”, the New Measurement Train, engineering trains, Swanage and such like. I think this post may be a case of deja vu as many of these topics appear once again. But first, we had… Continue reading Mostly Swanage
Yoshi and the One Way Wizzo
April 14th 2024 to April 24th 2024 On Sunday 14th April 2024, preserved Class 52 “Western” diesel-hydraulic locomotive No. D1015 ‘Western Champion’ worked a loaded test run from London Paddington to Birmingham New Street, supported by GBRf Class 57 No. 57303 which was utilised as a passenger carrying one way rail tour. No. D1015 ran… Continue reading Yoshi and the One Way Wizzo